Cedric Lath 6’10 C - 2023 Red Shirting Freshman

Are we averse to recruiting some height? I was watching Duke play, they have 2 7 footers. It’ll be hard to hit the offensive rebounds against teams like that. Right?

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As long as our guys have enough muscle on them to box out a 7 footer I don’t see a problem

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Javier and McFarland both have height. A player does not grab rebounds and block shots and disrupt passing lanes using their head. Both the players aforementioned have very long wingspans

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All our recruits should be 7 foot at the smallest. I agree. This class looks too short

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ps him and dedan are high school teammates

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Guys I’m not complaining just thinking out loud. That ORU tall guy was cleaning up defensive rebounds pretty well against us is why I thought about it.

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He also got abused in the PNR and had to sit the 2nd half :joy:.

Sampson has always played with smaller bigs even at Indiana and Oklahoma. He is like Jay Wright and Villanova. He prefers those 6-9, 6-8 bigs with mobility for the most part.

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usually we handle 7 fters pretty well in both D’ing up and rebounds. they dont grow on trees so I dont think the staff even go for them unless they tick the other boxes that matter more to them.

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No he wasn’t. Go back and look at the stats

He led his team in defensive rebounds playing only 1 half.

5 rebds in 21.min is nothing special. He had two teammates with the same amount in 17 and 26 min.
Meanwhile we had 4 with 5+ and another 3 who had 4 bds.

Glad we have who we have

plus McFarland is 6’11’’, IIRC.

Any word on when Lath would sign?

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Wouldn’t be shocked to see a video from our basketball Twitter welcoming Lath. I think he signed yesterday.

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Watching the interview there are some Olajuwon similarities. Strong accent and still learning the language. Played futbol but was too tall for the sport. Only been playing basketball a few years.

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Of the 3 bigs I think Tuggler is the one who makes the earliest impact.

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I think so too. Especially with him at the 4. 3 freshman backup bigs means Sampson is really high on the 3 guys coming in. Might redshirt McFarland and get a big in the portal. If what @Joprior23 says is true and Lath is coming in early I think he might get the upper hand with bishop and Sampson working with him. His body is more ready now

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Bishop going to love this one!

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BBoom!

He clearly wants to take the rim home with him after each game.

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